WestVillageResidents

The clock is ticking and about to run out on Elizabeth Street Garden, a treasured downtown community park space. @ElizabethStGrdn community organizers have done a tremendous job doing everything possible to save this beautiful open space from destruction by the City. ESG is located in a dense and over populated area of Manhattan that desperately needs free green space for its residents to enjoy. Thanks to @ElizabethStGrdn efforts, close to 1 million New Yorkers have rallied to save ESG, and yet @NYCMayor @NYCMayorsOffice @ChrisMarteNYC @CMCarlinaRivera @MarkLevineNYC @NYCSpeakerAdams have moved ahead with plans to destroy the garden. What does this mean for New Yorkers and downtown residents? Instead of hundreds of thousands of people enjoying free open space every year a few lucky people will get a taxpayer subsidized place to live . Many of these people will not be from the area. The developers and those who work on building this housing after the garden is destroyed will benefit while the thousands upon thousands of residents and visitors will lose this free space forever. Sure more housing is important but @ElizabethStGrdn and their supporters have located other spots nearby for this tall tower to be built. The City has turned these sites down without explanation. There seems to be an element of cruelty and mean spiritedness in the decision to destroy this garden that I find concerning. The alternatives will do significantly less harm to the community. Good leadership should mandate that these options would be chosen first. What’s next? Battery Park? I am hoping for a miracle. @OneCityRisingNY @JCAndersonNYC @AllieRyanNYC @AFineBlogger @queens_parents @susanleenyc @MaudMaron @katiewr31413491 @SamAntar @ImpunityCity @MelanieUSA1 @infopobn @GVSHP @WVResidents @fuelgrannie @galeabrewer @MVZaGoGo @JosePol66348971 @DowntownNYC @Jgcollins_NYC @jmanngf @JohnDMacari @ParkSlopePile @CentralParkNYC @RiversideParkNY @FamilyHarlem @eastriverallies @eastriverpark